Improved smoothing-iron



@wat @Billige GEORGE W. c. LovELL, 0El oLAEKsvILLE; TENNESSEE.

Leim Patent No. 100,423, dated Mat-eh 1, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent making part ofthe asma.

I, GEORGE W. C. LOVELL, of Claiksville, Montgomeryconnty, rlennessee, havesinvented a new and useiul Smoothing-Iron, of which the following .isa specification.

p Figure 4`is a longitudinal section of the case `or\ shell Containing a body or iron proper for heatingin a common fire. e l

This case may be used Awith iny invention, but does not constitute a necessary part thereof.

The body oriron propel' A has in its top a recess, B, whose sides, b b', converge toward the point ofthe iron, and are undercut, as shown, so as to receive and fit a corresponding dovetail, C, thatprojects from theplate D of the handle E K.

Hinged to the dovetail C is a gravtating dog, F, which, when the said dovetail is pressed forward in its socket B, drops into` the position shown in fig. 2, and holds` the handle securely to the body of the iron.

The dog Fhas an eye or staple, G, which protrudes through an oi'iti'ce, d, in the plate D, and is connected by a link, H, and small chain or cord I with an eye,

J, in the handle.

l The horizontal portion K of the handle lmay be provided with a wooden or other non-conducting sleeve iorrthe hand 'of the operator.

l Operation. p

A smoothing-iron' body, A, is placed in the shell L L', and the latter being closed, as shown in iig. 4, is placed into or upon a fire, and when snieiently heated is taken therefrom, opened, and the handle E so applied as to introduce the dovetail C into the socket B.

The handle, being then pressed forward, the dog F f drops by its own weight so that its free end will` en gage and bind against the rear end of said socket and will securely hold and retain the handle to the body;-

Meauwhile, 'another body lnay be placed in Voondition for a similar heating. 4 When the operator desires to place a body in condition for heating, the handle is readily detached by pressing on the cord I, which act lifts the dog F and at once releases the handle.

The cord I, being a non-conductor, is at all times easily handled, and being insulated from the hotter portions by the link H is not liable to be scorched. A small chain may, however, be used in place of the cord, its discounuity preserving. it from inconvenient heat. i

The dog F, depending for effectiveness on simple gravity, is not liable to be disordered by the heat of the iron.

The plate D serves as a screen to protect the hand of the operator from the heat of the iron, and said plate may for that object have a greater lateral extension than here shown, ora special screen niay be provided above the body.

Claim.

I claim herein as my invention- 1. The arrangement of recessed iron bod'y A B b b', `separable handle E K, dovetail C, and `gi-avitating -dog F, substantially as set forth. l

2. .lhev combination ot' the guard D, handle E K,

gravitating dog F, staple G, and lifter H I, as and for the purposes set forth. y Intestimony of -whieh invention my hand. G. W. C. LOVELL., Witnesses:

GEO: H. KNIGHT, JAMES H.LAYMAN.

I hereunto set 

